Colorado draw results
2,934 hunts · 7 species · 2021–2026 · Colorado Parks and Wildlife
How the Colorado draw works
Colorado runs a preference-point draw.
Colorado ranks first-choice applicants by preference points (one point for each year you miss your first choice), with nonresidents capped at a share of each hunt's licenses. Hunts that took 10+ resident points the year before and have 5+ licenses also run a hybrid draw: up to 20% of licenses go at random to applicants with at least 5 points. For moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat, each miss after 3 preference points adds a weighted point that improves a random draw instead; for those species the point level shown is preference plus weighted points. Numbers are adult first-choice applicants; youth and landowner (LPP) applicants are reported separately by CPW and left out.
Species
| Species | Hunts |
|---|---|
| Elk | 1,116 |
| Deer | 1,061 |
| Pronghorn | 339 |
| Moose | 210 |
| Bighorn sheep | 153 |
| Desert bighorn sheep | 4 |
| Mountain goats | 51 |
What it costs to apply
| Species | Application | Tag if drawn | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident | Nonres. | Resident | Nonres. | |
| Elk | $8.93 | $11.49 | $67.65 | $842.41 |
| Mule deer | $8.93 | $11.49 | $48.50 | $504.17 |
| Pronghorn | $8.93 | $11.49 | $48.50 | $504.17 |
| Moose | $8.93 | $11.49 | $382.91 | $2,820.78 |
| Bighorn sheep | $8.93 | $11.49 | $382.91 | $2,820.78 |
| Mountain goat | $8.93 | $11.49 | $382.91 | $2,820.78 |
Licenses you must hold first, point prices and deadlines: nonresident costs in every state.
Reports these numbers come from
49 files published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
› Every report, by year
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_SHEEP-26_04222026_1349_wCoverSheet(draw, bighorn)
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_DEER-26_05112026_1505(draw, deer)
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_DESER-26_04212026_1115(draw, desert bighorn)
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-26_05142026_1426(draw, elk)
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_MOOSE-26_05062026_1222(draw, moose)
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_GOAT-26_04222026_1507(draw, mountain goat)
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_PRONG-26_05212026_1006(draw, pronghorn)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_SHEEP-25_04142025_1550(draw, bighorn)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_DEER-25_05102025_1540(draw, deer)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_DESER-25_04142025_1409(draw, desert bighorn)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-25_05172025_0612(draw, elk)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_MOOSE-25_05072025_1354(draw, moose)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_GOAT-25_04142025_1712(draw, mountain goat)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_PRONG-25_05222025_0816(draw, pronghorn)
- 20252025 Statewide Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Harvest(harvest, bighorn)
- 20252025 Deer Statewide Harvest Final(harvest, deer)
- 20252025 Statewide Desert Bighorn Sheep Harvest(harvest, desert bighorn)
- 20252025 Elk Statewide Harvest Final(harvest, elk)
- 20252025 Statewide Moose Harvest(harvest, moose)
- 20252025 Statewide Mountain Goat Harvest(harvest, mountain goat)
- 20252025 Pronghorn Statewide Harvest Final(harvest, pronghorn)
- 20242024-Primary-RM-Bighorn-Sheep-Post-Draw-Report(draw, bighorn)
- 20242024-Primary-DEER-Post-Draw-Report(draw, deer)
- 20242024-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw, desert bighorn)
- 20242024-Primary-ELK-Post-Draw-Report(draw, elk)
- 20242024-Primary-MOOSE-Post-Draw-Report(draw, moose)
- 20242024-Primary-GOAT-Post-Draw-Report(draw, mountain goat)
- 20242024-Primary-PRONGHORN-Post-Draw-Report(draw, pronghorn)
- 20232023RMSheepDrawRecap(draw, bighorn)
- 20232023DeerDrawRecap(draw, deer)
- 20232023-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw, desert bighorn)
- 20232023ElkDrawRecap(draw, elk)
- 20232023MooseDrawRecap(draw, moose)
- 20232023GoatDrawRecap(draw, mountain goat)
- 20232023PronghornDrawRecap(draw, pronghorn)
- 20222022RMSheepDrawRecap(draw, bighorn)
- 20222022DeerDrawRecap(draw, deer)
- 20222022-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw, desert bighorn)
- 20222022ElkDrawRecap(draw, elk)
- 20222022MooseDrawRecap(draw, moose)
- 20222022GoatDrawRecap(draw, mountain goat)
- 20222022PronghornDrawRecap(draw, pronghorn)
- 20212021RMSheepDrawRecap(draw, bighorn)
- 20212021DeerDrawRecap(draw, deer)
- 20212021-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw, desert bighorn)
- 20212021ElkDrawRecap(draw, elk)
- 20212021MooseDrawRecap(draw, moose)
- 20212021GoatDrawRecap(draw, mountain goat)
- 20212021PronghornDrawRecap(draw, pronghorn)
Some rows were left out because the report's own totals didn't add up or the row couldn't be matched. What was skipped and why.